Mike Conaway: “Bringing more of the food dollar back to the farm means connecting to new markets with new products in new ways.”

I thank my colleague from Texas for yielding and for those very kind words. I thank Chairman Engel and Mr. McCaul, the ranking member, for bringing this resolution forward. I rise today in strong support of the passage of my resolution…

I thank my colleague from Colorado (Mr. Lamborn) for those overly kind words, and I certainly appreciate his sentiments for my service. And I, too, will miss our Armed Services Committee hearings and sitting beside him. He is a terrific…

Thank you for your leadership on behalf of America's farmers and ranchers, especially in such trying times.

The first meeting I was in this morning, a gentleman said, 'Do you want to beat people or win people?'